Volcanoes and Tectonic Plates Quiz
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What causes volcanoes on Earth most often?

  • Sliding tectonic plates
  • Stretching and thinning of the crust's plates
  • Upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary
  • Diverging or converging tectonic plates (correct)
  • Where are most underwater volcanoes found on Earth?

  • On mid-ocean ridges
  • Where two tectonic plates slide past one another
  • Away from plate boundaries
  • Where tectonic plates are diverging or converging (correct)
  • What causes the volcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire?

  • Upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary
  • Sliding tectonic plates
  • Convergent tectonic plates (correct)
  • Divergent tectonic plates
  • Where can volcanoes form due to stretching and thinning of the crust's plates?

    <p>East African Rift and Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What results in hotspot volcanism, such as the Hawaiian hotspot?

    <p>Upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary</p> Signup and view all the answers

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